Amazon continues hiring blitz
The American economy is changing. From a manufacturing economy in the 50s, the economy slowly morphed into a (mostly) consumer economy in the 80s and 90s. Still, despite this market shift, American business was...
Category: Technology PR
Apple opens up on Qualcomm with both barrels
They say you’re not supposed to bite the hand that feeds you, but apparently, no one chose to tell Apple that. The computer and mobile giant is suing mobile chip manufacturer Qualcomm for upwards of...
PR News From Portland, Edelman, Compass, Weber Shandwick, and KFC
Portland Communications Picks Up Henry Cook as Associate Director Henry Cook, former SpAd and Vote Leave adviser (Brexit) for Michael Gove, has been named as the new associate director for UK PR firm Portland...
News From Talkwalker, AppNexus, LANE, and Google UK
Talkwalker Raises Funding for AI Powered Internet Analytics for PR and Marketing Talkwalker, a top social media analytics firm, is headquartered in Luxembourg and has another office in New York. They just secured funding...
Samsung had a great 2016 — really!
If you are judging just by the standard news headlines, Samsung had a pretty rough 2016. From some of its phones exploding and, eventually being banned on U.S. airplanes, to washing machines that also exploded...
Mac dealing with disappointing MacBook Pro reviews
Apple isn’t accustomed to getting negative feedback about one of its products. Typically, the company drops a new product, and an appreciative public gobbles it up in massive numbers. But the recent release of the...
Oops – Twitter suspends the account of its own CEO
Recently, Twitter has been in the news a lot, talking about plans to block or suspend accounts of people who post objectionable content to the social media network. The main targets of suspensions have been...
Zuckerberg accused of hate speech
When you think about hate speech on Facebook, generally the assumption might be that it’s coming from users aimed at other users. Everyone’s familiar with the inevitable devolution of the comment thread. Where someone...
News Happenings From Hotels.com, The Hoffman Agency, Sitrick & Company, and WPP / PPG
Hotels.com Looking for PR Reps Globally and at EMEA The possibilities for PR representation for Hotels.com are all rumor and innuendo currently, but those suggest that the company is looking for a large global...
Verizon Pushes Upgrade Fee
The landscape of the mobile industry is changing. As the biggest players in the market close the gap on the longtime industry leader, each brand is looking for a way to bring customers over...
